ARAB CULTURE AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Petra was the capital of
(A) The Nabataeans
(B) The Abyssinians
(C) The Chaldaeans
(D) None of the above
2. Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation at the age of
(A) 35
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 50
3. Mecca was conquered by Prophet Muhammad in the year
(A) 622
(B) 628
(C) 630
(D) 635
4. Arrange the following battles in order in which they took place.
Use the code given below :
i. The Battle of the Camel
ii. The Battle of Badr
iii. The Battle of Qadisiyah
iv. The Battle of Uhud
Codes :
(A) iii, i, ii, iv
(B) i, ii, iii, iv
(C) ii, iv, i, iii
(D) ii, iv, iii, i
5. The pact of Hudaybiah was concluded by Prophet Muhammad in the year
(A) 620
(B) 625
(C) 628
(D) 630
6. Caliph Abu Bakr took charge of the Caliphate in the year
(A) 630
(B) 632
(C) 634
(D) 640
7. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Caliph Abu Bakr – 634-36
(B) Caliph Umar – 636-40
(C) Caliph Uthman – 644-56
(D) Caliph Ali – 656-65
8. Abdullah Ibn Abi Sarh was the governor of Caliph Uthman at
(A) Damascus
(B) Egypt
(C) Khurasan
(D) Basra
9. In whose reign were Riddah wars fought ?
(A) Caliph Abu Bakr
(B) Caliph Umar
(C) Caliph Uthman
(D) Caliph Ali
10. Caliph Ali shifted his capital from
(A) Najaf to Medina
(B) Medina to Karbala
(C) Mecca to Medina
(D) Medina to Kufa
11. Sindh was conquered by
(A) The Umayyads
(B) The Abbasids
(C) The Safawids
(D) The Ayyubids
12. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Tariq Bin Ziyad – Spain
(B) Salahuddin Ayyubi – Ottoman Empire
(C) Caliph Abdul Malik – Persian Poetry
(D) Ameer Muawiyah – Baghdad
13. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Umayyad dynasty – Damascus
(B) Ameer Mu‘awiyah – Tafsirul Quran
(C) Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf – Iraq
(D) Farazdaq – Umayyad poet
14. The founder of the Abbasid dynasty was
(A) Al-Mamun
(B) Al-Mahdi
(C) Al-Hadi
(D) AL-Saffah
15. The Barmakids were ministers during the period of
(A) The Umayyads
(B) The Abbasids
(C) The Fatimids
(D) The Ayyubids
16. Which one of the following is not correctly matched :
(A) Al-Mutanabbi – Poetry
(B) Rabiya Basari – Taswwuf
(C) Imam Ghazali – Mathematics
(D) Ibn Sina – Medicine
17. The book ‘Futuh Al-Buldan” was written by
(A) Ibn Khaldun
(B) Al-Baladhuri
(C) Al-Yaqubi
(D) Al-Battani
18. Which of the following countries has the second largest Muslim population ?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Bangladesh
(C) India
(D) Saudi Arabia
19. The title of “Zamakhshari Tafsir” is
(A) Bayan al-Quran
(B) Tarjuman al-Quran
(C) Al-Kashshaf
(D) Ma‘arif al-Quran
20. The first five verses revealed to Prophet Muhammad are incorporated in
(A) Surah Fatihah
(B) Surah ‘Alaq
(C) Surah Ikhlas
(D) Surah Nas
21. The Tafsir authored by Muhammad bin Jarir al-Tabari is
(A) Tafhim al-Quran
(B) Jami al-Bayan
(C) Ahkam al-Quran
(D) Ma‘arif al-Quran
22. “Kitab Al-Kharaj” is a book on
(A) Fiqh
(B) Literature
(C) Hadith
(D) Poetry
23. Imam Nasai was born in
(A) Cairo
(B) Medina
(C) Mecca
(D) None of the above
24. Which of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Qiyas – Analogical reasoning
(B) Ijma – Difference of opinion
(C) Ijtihad – Fighting
(D) Ilm al- Tafsir – Wahdat al-Shuhud
25. The Idrisi dynasty lasted during
(A) 661 to 750
(B) 788 to 974
(C) 935 to 969
(D) 1171 to 1246
26. The Hamdanis were
(A) Shias
(B) Sunnis
(C) Jews
(D) Christians
27. The Ikhshidi dynasty was established in
(A) Damascus
(B) Fustat
(C) Sicily
(D) Taif
28. Capital of the Aghlabids was
(A) Tehran
(B) Qayrawan
(C) Damascus
(D) Nahrawan
29. The founder of the Ayyubid dynasty was
(A) Sultan Kamil
(B) Sultan Salahuddin
(C) Sultan Qalawun
(D) Sultan Ashraf Musa
30. The historic battle of Ayn Jalut took place in the year
(A) 1258 A.D.
(B) 1260 A.D.
(C) 1265 A.D.
(D) 1270 A.D.
31. The Ismailis are popularly known as
(A) Fatimids
(B) Zaidis
(C) Alawis
(D) Ithna ‘Asharis
32. Jerusalem was conquered by the Crusaders in the year
(A) 1055
(B) 1065
(C) 1075
(D) 1099
33. Jerusalem was recaptured by Salahuddin from the Crusaders in the year
(A) 1180
(B) 1187
(C) 1190
(D) 1200
34. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) The Fatimids : 900-1165
(B) Zangids : 750-950
(C) Ayyubids : 1100-1258
(D) Mamluks : 1250-1517
35. Office of the Abbasid Caliphate was revived in Cairo by
(A) Sultan Salahuddin
(B) Sultan Baybars
(C) Sultan Qalawun
(D) Sultan Nasir
36. Islamic revolution of Iran took place in the year
(A) 1970
(B) 1975
(C) 1979
(D) 1985
37. Founder of the Safavid dynasty was
(A) Shah Ismail
(B) Nasiruddin Shah
(C) Shaikh Safi al-Din
(D) Sultan Salim
38. Who among the following is known as Abdul Rahman al-Dakhil ?
(A) Abdul Rahman I
(B) Abdul Rahman II
(C) Abdul Rahman III
(D) Abdul Rahman IV
39. Muslim rule in Spain came to an end in the year
(A) 1027
(B) 1492
(C) 1500
(D) 1525
40. ‘Al-Hamra’ is situated in
(A) Turkey
(B) Iran
(C) Spain
(D) Iraq
41. The institution of caliphate was abolished by Mustafa Kamal in the year
(A) 1900
(B) 1915
(C) 1920
(D) 1924
42. Choose the odd among the following :
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Al-Zahrawi
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Ibn Khaldun
43. The author of the book ‘Al-Hawi’ was
(A) Ibn Sina
(B) Al-Razi
(C) Dawud Antaki
(D) Ibn Zuhr
44. Ammar Bin Ali al-Mawsili was a distinguished
(A) Historian
(B) Geographer
(C) Ophthalmologist
(D) Mathematician
45. Author of the book ‘Hayat al-Hayawan’ was
(A) Al-Jahiz
(B) Al-Damiri
(C) Ibn al-Haytham
(D) None of the above
46. The book ‘Surat al-Ard’ was authored by
(A) Al-Khwarizmi
(B) Al-Indrisi
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Al-Masudi
47. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Al-Biruni – Kitab al-Manazir
(B) Ibn Khaldun – Muqaddimah
(C) Ibn Rushd – Tahafit al-Falasifah
(D) Ibn Muqaffa – Sindhind
48. The architect of the famous Sulaymania Mosque was
(A) Rehan
(B) Muhammad al-Fatih
(C) Sivan
(D) None of the above
49. The scholar who compiled the famous book ‘Multaqa al-Abhur’ was
(A) Mustafa Kamal
(B) Khalifa Haji
(C) Kara Mustafa
(D) Ibrahim al-Halabi
50. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan – Tahzibul Akhlaq
(B) Ghulam Ali Azad – Subhatul Marjan
(C) Allamah Iqbal – Bale Jibril
(D) Muhammad Abduh – Kitab al-Umm
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